Nigerian churches still reeling

50 members of the Church of Christ in Nigeria were burned to death after they took refuge in a pastor's home. The pastor and his wife and children also died.

Persecution monitors, Baptist Press and the Christian Post reported the massacre extensively - I found very little in the mainstream press. Christian Post also had this grisly story which, unfortunately, is not uncommon in the muslim world.

In a recent Southern Cross, Anglican Aid's David Mansfield told the story of awarding an achievement certificate to a young girl who was under threat of infanticide, just a decade ago. This week, I saw a story in the Sydney Morning Herald which peeled the lid off this appalling practice.

After last week's meeting of the ultra-liberal Episcopal Church, Ross Douthat wrote an influential piece in the New York Times, headlined Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved? Well worth a read.